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If the verb is transitive, an object agreement clitic attaches to the beginning of the auxiliary. The clitic is obligatory, even if an overt object is expressed: | |||
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|phrase = Tunkul gisumbiri yilár. | |||
| IPA = /tuŋkyl gɪ'sumbɪɾi jɪ'la:ɾ/ | |||
| morphemes = tonkul gir=su-mon-bi-ri yilár | |||
| gloss = crockpot CL2.ABS-1S.NOM-CONN-LOC-PST break | |||
| translation = I broke the crockpot (lit. "Crockpot it-I-of-in-past breakage") | |||
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The pronominal prefixes appear in the following table: | The pronominal prefixes are reductions of the original nominative pronouns, which themselves have become the absolutive. If both a subject and object agreement marker are required, the suffix for the subject is attached directly to the auxiliary verb root, and then the object cliticizes to the subject. Ambiguity arises in the Class II and Class III nouns when the pronominal affix/clitic is followed by vowel due to phonologic mergers. The pronominal agreement markers appear in the following table: | ||
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To make the following phrase reflective of a pure head-final language, the auxiliary should come AFTER the verbal noun. However, I didn't like the sound of it, so the auxiliary stays in front. | To make the following phrase reflective of a pure head-final language, the auxiliary should come AFTER the verbal noun. However, I didn't like the sound of it, so the auxiliary stays in front. | ||
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